After completing postgraduate studies at the Slade School of Art in 1980, I began a university teaching career in Fine Art while continuing to paint and exhibit. Over the years, I’ve collaborated with a range of institutions—including RADA, BMW UK, and others in the arts and industry—and my work is held in the Victoria & Albert Museum collection.

In recent years, I’ve devoted myself fully to painting, focusing on contemporary landscape. My practice is rooted in realism, with a particular emphasis on rivers and rural terrain. I’ve exhibited in solo and group shows across the UK, including Rural Rides at the New Ashgate Gallery and Roots and Journeys at the Watts Gallery, Compton.

Landscape, for me, is more than place—it is a theatre of quiet, often metaphorical dramas. As a counterpoint to the sublime landscape several paintings in‘That Quiet Earth’ explore the discarded object in the rural environment, a theme challenging the accepted aesthetics of romanticism. I’m inspired by the light, atmosphere, and storytelling of the Hudson River School, particularly artists like Frederic Church and Martin Johnson Heade. Their use of light as a theatrical device has deeply influenced my own work.

The creative process remains as absorbing to me now as it was in childhood. Whether a painting is made over months or hours, I maintain a close dialogue with each one. I believe realism can open doors to personal interpretation, and that the legacy of painting continues to be both relevant and necessary.

I want my work to be seen, and I want it to be enjoyed.